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30 unusual facts about the world


A' Bhuidheanach Bheag

Its gentle curving slopes have much wildlife with Eurasian Dotterel, Ptarmigan, Grouse and Mountain Hare seen on a regular basis.

A35 autoroute

On the German side of the frontier, plans to build a final stretch of Autobahn to connect the French A35 directly with the German A65 at Kandel were not implemented during the 1990s when the focus of Autobahn construction switched to the eastern side of the country.

Ağaçlı

Ağaçlı, Söke, a village in the district of Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey

Anya Linden

She married John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover in 1963 and retired from dancing in 1965.

Ban Pong

Ban Pong, tambon of Hang Dong District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

CAHL

Central Alberta Hockey League, an amateur ice hockey league that operated from 1956 to 1965

Cedryn Quarry Tramway

The output of this remote site was initially taken by horse pack to the quays on the River Conwy at Dolgarrog.

Chris Hillman

Hillman released two solo albums, Slippin' Away and Clear Sailin, which included several songs co-written with Crawdaddy magazine editor Peter Knobler.

Emma Gresham

Mayor Gresham taught mainly elementary age special education students in Talladega, Alabama and Augusta, GA for over 32 years.

Erato of Armenia

At the National Library in Paris, currently have an image of her that appears on an ancient coin.

Eugene Chudnovsky

Chudnovsky received his undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral education at Kharkov University in Ukraine, in a school of theoretical physics built by Lev Landau and his students.

Fiji Native Tribal Congress

The Congress is administered by a Trust Board comprising: the Paramount Chiefs of two of Fiji’s three tribal confederacies – namely, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, Paramount Chief of the Tovata Tribal Confederacy and Ro Teimumu Kepa, Paramount Chief of the Burebasaga Tribal Confederacy.

Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union

In 1994, after 23 years as president, Richard Cashin stepped down and was succeeded by Earle McCurdy.

Graeme Hughes

He also had a stint as Channel 7 commentator for Australian Tests in 1992-93 against Great Britain and New Zealand, before moving to New Zealand to call the Auckland Warriors matches in 1995 for Sky NZ, He hosted Ten Network's coverage of the Seoul Olympics.

Jonathan Scales

Since 2007, Scales has recorded and performed with Victor Wooten, Howard Levy, The Duhks, Roy "Future Man" Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Jeff Sipe, Casey Driessen, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, and Yonrico Scott.

Ljubica Jelušič

Ljubica Jelušič (born 16 June 1960 in Koper, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian politician, lecturer in the field of defense studies at University of Ljubljana, the Minister of Defence in the government of Borut Pahor (2008–2011) and currently she's member of National Assembly.

Luigi Dentice

When his father died in 1561 he inherited the title of Baron of Viggiano.

Magneti Marelli

Magneti Marelli worked with Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Auto to develop an in-dash computer (carputer) for Ford's work truck division introduced in 2008 — with a built-in 6.5-inch, high-resolution touch screen and Bluetooth, USB connectivity, GPS Navigation, voice recognition, as well as general office applications, e.g., word processing, contact, and calendar.

Mario Maiolo

Inizia la militanza politica all'interno del movimento studentesco cattolico cosentino per poi aderire alla Democrazia Cristiana e, al suo scioglimento, al Partito Popolare Italiano, ricoprendo la carica di primo segretario cittadino di Cosenza.

Nick McCave

McCave uses monitoring points in the North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean to study how the Earth’s meridional heat flux is distributed by warm surface-ocean currents and cold deep-ocean currents.

Niederwölz

Niederwölz is a municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria.

Reed receiver

It is sometimes incorrectly claimed that the origin of the resonant reed decoder was in the wartime torpedo-control patent granted to the actress Hedy Lamarr.

Sacra di San Michele

On the left wall is a large fresco portraying the Annunciation (1505), while in the Old Choir is a triptych by Defendente Ferrari.

Scott Sizemore

On April 10, 2013, it was announced that Sizemore re-tore his ACL in his left knee, causing him to miss the rest of the 2013 season.

Shikabala

In late July, Emirate side Al Wasl offered 600,000 Euros for a one-year loan offer for Shikabala, however Zamalek refused the bid asking for $1.5 million US.

Tesuque, New Mexico

There is a passing mention of Tesuque in chapter 6 of the 1932 novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Tomás Méndez

The song "Cucurrucucú paloma" was played in many movie pictures like The Last Sunset, Happy Together, Talk to Her and The Five Year Engagement and has also been performed by notable singers such as Harry Belafonte, Perry Como, Lola Beltrán and Caetano Veloso.

University Unitarian Church

Unitarianism was brought to United States by the pilgrims and the puritans, with its origins found in the individualism and rational temper of those who settled Boston, Salem, and Plymouth.

William Weer

By 1862 the 4th Kansas Infantry had never been completed and the existing soldiers were merged with those of the 3rd Kansas Infantry and 5th Kansas Infantry to form the 10th Kansas Infantry.

Wojciech Cejrowski

One of its results was a contract with American ABC Network - since 1992 all Polish local broadcasting stations had started to broadcast Polish version of American Country Countdown.